Jug and drinking receptacle support



March 23, 1937.` A Q KNAPP 2,074,589

JUG AND DRINKING RECEPTACLE SUPPORT Filed May 27, 1955 Patented Mar. 23, 1937 PATENT OFFICE JUG AND DRINKING RECEPTACLE SUPPORT Andrew S. Knapp, St. Louis, `Mo., assignor to Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis, Mo., a

corporation of Missouri Application May 27, issaserial Nn. 23.722

4 Claims.

1 An object of my invention is to provide a supporting member of simple, durable and inexpensive construction for supporting a spigot jug and a drinking receptacle relative thereto in po- 5 sition to receive liquid from the spigot of said jug.

Insulated jugs are now used quite extensively for picnic and traveling purposes, and it is one of the main objects of my present invention to provide a fixture for use in the home or oflice, for

utilizing an ordinary type of insulated jug, having a spigot, for home and oiTlce use as well as for picnics and the like.

With this purpose in mind, a further object is to provide a fixture consisting of a cylindrical member adapted for the base of a spigot jug to coact therewith and be supported thereby, a

slidable support for a glass, cup or other drinking receptacle being carried by the cylindrical member for supporting a glass or cup in position to receive liquid from the spigot and in such position to extend outwardly from the cylindrical vmember or to assume another position within the cylindrical member out of the way, when not 2" in use.

Still a further object is to provide an opening in the side of the cylindrical member through which the cup can be slid with the cup supporting member when supported thereon to position within the cylindrical member, if desired.

With these and other objects in View, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my u support, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

lFigure 1 is a perspective view of a spigot jug and cup support embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same on a slightly enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the invention; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 V of Figure 2, showing a spigot jug and glass supported on my jug and drinking receptacle support.

On the accompanying drawing, I have used the reference character A to indicate generally a cylindrical member. It has a cylindrical wall I0, beaded at its upper and lower ends, as at I2 and I4. The cylindrical member A also includes a horizontal plate-like bottom member I6 se- ;5 cured in position by soldering or welding. An

4flanges 22, terminating in out-turned flanges 24.

These are adapted to slide in guide anges 26 secured to the base plate I6 by spot-welding or other suitable means.

The drinking receptacle or cup supporting member B has at its forward or outer end a down-turned flange 28, the central portion of which at 30 is bent slightly upward to form a handle. Adjacent this end of cup receiving depression 32 is provided, which is of suitable size to contain a glass, such as illustrated at 34. Front stops 36 and back stops 38 are provided on the flanges 24 to limit the inward and outward sliding movement of the member B relative to the member A.

The member A is adapted for supporting a spigot jug C in the position shown in Figure 4, with the base 40 thereof received in the upper end of the cylinder I0, and a iiange 42 resting on the upper end of the cylinder. The spigot of the jug is shown at 44.

When the slide or cup support B is pulled to its outer position, it will support a glass in the depression 32 directly below the spigot 44, for thus receiving liquid from the jug when the spigot is open.

When the device is not in use, the slidev B can be slid back into the cylinder I 0 to an out of the way position.

If it is desired to leave the glass in the depression 32 this can be done, the opening I8, permitting it to pass through into the interior of the i cylinder protected from dust.

The spigot jug and drinking receptacle support can be made in various sizes to iit different sizes of jugs and may supportingly coact with them in ways different than as illustrated. Changes of this character and others may be made without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modiiied forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

IV claim as my invention:

1. In combination a. spigot jug having a iiange therearound at a point spaced above the bottom thereof, a cylindrical member of suitable size to receive the base of said spigot jug in the upper 55 end thereof, said ange resting on the upper end of said cylindrical member, said cylindrical member having an opening in the side thereof, a bottom member secured in said cylindrical member adjacent the bottom of said opening, guideway elements on said bottom member, a cupsupporting member slidable in said guideway elements, and a depression therein adapted to position a cup relative thereto in a position beneath the spigot of said jug, when said cup supporting member isin one position of its sliding movement I2. In combination a spigot jug having a flange there'around at a point spaced above the bottom thereof, a cylindrical member of suitable size to receive the base of said spigot jug in the upper end thereof, vsaid ange resting on the upper end'4 of said cylindrical member, said cylindrical member having an opening in the `side thereof, abottom member secured in said cylindrical member adjacent the bottom of said opening, guideway elements on said bottom member, a cup supporting member slidable in said guideway elements, stops for limiting the movement of said cup supporting member inwardly and outwardly relative to said cylindrical member, and a depression in saidcup supporting member adapted to position a cup relative thereto in a position beneath the spigot of said jug when said cup supporting member is in one position of its sliding movement.

3. In combination a spigot jug having a flange therearound at a point spaced above the bottom thereof, a cylindrical member of suitable size to receive the base of said spigot jug in the upper end thereof, said flange resting on the upper end of said cylindrical member, said cylindrical member having an opening in the side thereof, a bottorn member secured in said cylindrical member adjacent the bottom of said opening, guideway -elerrie'nts 'on said bottom member, and a cup supporting member slidable in said guideway elements. n l

4. In combination, a spigot jug, a cylindrical member 'of suitable size to receive the base thereof in the upper end of the cylindrical member, means for limiting the movement of said jug downwardly v"relative thereto, said cylindrical member having an opening in the side thereof, a bottom member secured in said cylindrical member adjacent the bottom of said opening, guideway elements on said bottom member and a cup supporting member slidable 'in said guidewayelements. y

' A'DREW S. KNAPP. 

